- White House’s 2013 budget includes no new money for Kansas bio-security lab
- February 13, 2012
- President Barack Obama is recommending no additional funding in the next federal budget for construction of a new biosecurity lab in Kansas.
- Flory dairy farm selling equipment, taking on different work after 60 years
- February 12, 2012
- The Flory dairy farm — you may have seen it atop its hill above Lone Star Lake — is having an auction March 7. Selling its herd. Selling its milking equipment. Closing the book on more than 60 years of Florys milking cattle in Douglas County.
- Brownback sees threat to NBAF
- 12:27 a.m., February 8, 2012 Updated 12:06 p.m.
- Some state legislators said Tuesday they were surprised by remarks from Gov. Sam Brownback that Kansas and its congressional delegation face “a continuous fight” to obtain federal funding for a new lab that would research plant and animal pathogens.
- Kansas farmers claim $1 billion after drought
- January 26, 2012
- Kansas farmers have already claimed a record amount in crop insurance for losses suffered during a lingering drought last year, and the claims are expected to surpass $1 billion, a federal agriculture official said.
- Strong farm income means higher profit at ag banks
- January 25, 2012
- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says strong farm income in Midwest and Western states improved agricultural banks’ balance sheets but reduced demand for new loans.
- Western Kansas dairy at risk of losing key permit
- January 16, 2012
- A large western Kansas dairy with a history of problems will have to close if it’s unable to successfully appeal the revocation of a crucial permit.
- Winter wheat plantings up amid higher prices,
- January 12, 2012
- The nation’s farmers seeded more winter wheat this season amid higher prices and easing drought conditions in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
- USDA to close Food Safety Inspection Service office in Lawrence
- January 9, 2012
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close its Food Safety Inspection Service office in Lawrence, part of a larger plan to save the department $150 million annually.
- NY lawmaker renews call to halt lab move to Manhattan
- 10:23 a.m., December 23, 2011 Updated 04:53 p.m.
- A New York congressman wants to take the “For Sale” sign off the Plum Island animal disease lab.
- Kansas leaders approve $45.4M in bonds for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
- December 14, 2011
- Kansas officials authorized issuing $45.4 million in bonds on Wednesday for the next phase of construction on the $650 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan.
- Crop insurance rates skyrocket after summer floods
- December 14, 2011
- Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow and next spring’s rains.
- Kansas cattlemen examine environmental impact of livestock production systems
- December 2, 2011
- The Kansas Livestock Association wraps up its annual convention discussing research on the environmental impact of livestock production systems.
- Kansas officials oppose proposed federal restrictions on children working on farms
- December 1, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and other Kansas officials said Thursday proposed federal restrictions aimed at increasing safety for children working on farms go too far.
- Kansas cattle producers focus on market, tax policy at forum in Wichita
- November 29, 2011
- Hundreds of Kansas cattle producers will converge in Wichita this week as the Kansas Livestock Association examines options for revamping the state’s tax structure.
- Prices shoot up for Midwest crop land
- November 22, 2011
- Midwest farmers are certainly growing corn, wheat and soybeans, but now there are questions about whether they’re nurturing a real estate bubble as well.
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